Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight G – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

5PM: $100 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $700 DeepStack Challenge
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:45pm)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  84 of 655

Flight A: 111 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 83 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight C: 148 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight D: 122 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight E: 191 Entries; 24 Advanced
Flight F: Underway; Late reg till 10:30 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  24 of 191

It took a little extra time to pop today’s bubble, even playing through the break to get there. When it was done, Imre Papp put enough chips to hold the overall lead for Day 2 so far, and his 701,000 is good enough to top second-place Manny Minaya and his 663,000.

We will post the complete chip count list when it is available.

Flight E counts:

Imre Papp – 701,000
Thomas Minnich-Weber – 506,000
Grant Missonis – 461,000
Brian Harris – 348,000
Forrest Raleigh – 310,000
Thomas Jackson – 304,000
James Matthews – 283,000
Billy Mc Phillips – 250,000
Ken O ‘Donnell – 237,000
Brad Sailor – 237,000
Marie Harrell – 229,000
Blake Whittington – 216,000
Drew Dodge – 202,000
Nicole Jammal – 202,000
Aaron Speer – 202,000
Saif Keshwani – 174,000
Jen Frankenstein – 145,000
Michael Laake – 144,000
David Folmar Jr – 114,000
Elizabeth Mc Kane – 111,000
John Dolan – 106,000
Marsha Wolak-Barnett – 104,000
George Hortelano – 95,000
Brian Ray – 87,000

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The sixth of seven flights of WPO Event 1 gets underway at the top of the hour and the $400 No-Limit Hold’em tournament already surpassed its $200,000. So every new entry is just spinning up the prize pool.

Players start with big 30K stacks out front and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before going to 40 for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until 10:30 pm.

Play will continue until the field is down to its last 12.5% and those players will return Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  45 of 191

Cards are back in the air after the final break of the day with 45 players remaining and 24 advancing to Day 2.

We found our two big late leaders in the field with Imre Papp’s 418,000 and Grant Missonis’ 336,000 tops at this point. There’s still time to catch them and overall Day 2 leader Manny Minaya’s 508,000 over the next few levels.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight E Entries:  191

Registration closed for Flight E of WPO Event 1 with 191 entries, pushing the combined total to 655 for the tournament and the prize pool sits at $216,150 with two big flights to go.

Action will continue until 24 players remain and they will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight D

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries:  180

Level 8 rolled around, meaning time is running out if you want to join Flight E. We have 180 entries in the field right now and the prize pool is up to $212K with two big flights to go.

A few friends in today’s field include Hassan El Hakim, Karl Manouchakian, Tony March, Nick Scholz, Marsha Wolak, Michael Laake, Nicole Diaz, Terri-Anne Crawford, Blake Whittington, and Blake Robinson.

Hakim made a couple of big scores last year with a fourth-place finish in a $3,500 Aria Main Event during the summer, and he went deep in the WPT World Championship in December for a huge tenth-place cash.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  151

We missed the preflop action but caught up to it with four players all in and Stuart Phillips folded pocket nines face up with all the action.

The big blind player was in for 21,200 and Drew Dodge was at risk for 25,300 from middle position. Billy McPhillips had his 26,600 in the middle and the cutoff was the biggest stack with 36,300.

Big Blind:
McPhillips:
Dodge:
Cutoff:

“I like your hand,” Dodge told the cutoff.

The big blind player took the lead when he paired his queen on the flop. The turn left Dodge with three outs (remaining jacks) and McPhillips with two outs (the two tens) and the cutoff was drawing dead.

Also, Phillips was rethinking his nines in the muck.

But only for a quick second because the river was the giving Broadway to McPhillips in the big pot.

Dodge and the big blind player while the cutoff was left with scraps and gone soon after.

Billy McPhillips – 99,700 (125 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  143

No long after the first break, the 143rd entry of Flight E took a seat and WPO Event 1 officially surpassed its $200,000 guarantee. We have more than 600 combined entries so far with a busy weekend in progress.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 464

Flight A: 111 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 83 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight C: 148 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight D: 122 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight E: Underway; Reg open till 3:30 pm
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am